Meta’s Llama 4 is mindblowing… but did it cheat?

Key Announcements

• Meta's Llama Herd Release: Meta released the first openweight natively multimodal mixture of experts family of large language models named the Llama Herd. Features an unprecedented context window of 10 million tokens.
• Performance and Controversies:
  • Sits atop the LM Arena leaderboard, second only to Gemini 2.5 Pro.
  • Model fine-tuned for human preference, leading to criticisms from LM Arena.
  • Inconsistencies in passing real-world assessments despite strong benchmarks.

Shopify Internal Memo Leak

• AI-First Strategy: Shopify's leaked memo underscores a push for AI integration, urging teams to justify non-AI methodologies.
• Cultural Impacts: Signals a shift in work culture, particularly affecting non-AI skilled roles.

Meta's Open Model Variants

• Models: Llama 4 comes in Maverick, Scout, and Behemoth versions.
  • Maverick: Medium-sized model with a 1 million token context window.
  • Scout: Smaller model with a 10 million token context window, but limited practical use due to high resource demands.
  • Behemoth: Still in training phase.
• Reception: Mixed feedback, with allegations (denied by Meta) of training on benchmark data.

Augment Code Sponsorship

• AI for Code Bases: Augment Code offers the first AI designed for extensive codebases, integrating with tools like VS Code and GitHub. It adapts to team-specific code styles and optimizes complex task performance.
• Developer Plan: Free access to Augment's features with unlimited usage.

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